Saturday, May 8, 2010

V-2

Venal - capable of being bribed 
Usage- The whole system is corrupted because of the venal officers at every level of the hierarchy.
Link1 - ve + nal = we are null ....we can be easily bribed as we are null in terms of money...i.e we have no money.
Link2 - sounds like anal..The secretaries can easily be tricked to do anal with them if a boss offers her promotion...
Link3 – Venal...penal(ised); Venal officers who accept the bribe are penalized (punished)if they are caught.

Vendetta - blood feud; a feud in which the opposite parties kill each other , a long dispute between two families
Usage- The two families have engaged in a bitter vendetta since ages.
Link 1- ven(when) + de(they) + tta(attack); when they attack you then you will reciprocate attacking them and hence rivalry, and they engage in vendetta.
Link2- ven(when) + detta(death); when death occurs to one of the members of the team, we doubt the members from the opposite team, and try to take revenge.

Veneer- thin layer, cover, an ornamental coating
Usage- To protect the furniture we should veneer it(apply a thin coating).
Link – veneer sounds like paneer( the top paneer has a thin layer)
Link2 - veneer sounds like very near, if u put a thin sheet or cover over something, then it is very near to that thing..
Venerable- respected, revered
Usage- A venerable leader, leading the company will be good for the development of the company.
Link 1- venerable..honorable
Link2 - VANAR(monkeys in the Ramayana ) were ABLE to respect HANUMAN because he was the strongest of them all..
Venial- a sin which is forgivable, small mistake which can be forgiven
Usage-  A venial sin should never be neglected, because this is what leads to the bigger crimes.
Link 1 – Venial sounds like menial (meanial – domestic servant or unskilled tasks).The mistakes committed by a menial are venial and hence forgiven..
Link2 - if you hit someone in an artery- OH MY GOD BLOOD EVERYWHERE. But in the VEIN? Well, that's venial..
Ventral- Relating to or situated on or close to the abdomen, abdominal
Usage- Fish has a ventral fin that helps it stabilize in the water.
Link 1- ventral sounds like central; ventral is the central part(abdomen)

Vent - to express a feeling esp. anger
Usage - She vented her anger
Link - When your car was hit by another car which resulted in a dent on your car, you went to vent your anger at him...
Venture - risk, expose to risk
Usage - We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer
Link - sounds like adventure...AD+VENTURE=which is exiting but full of risks and daring things.

Veracity- truthfulness.
Usage- The veracity of the statements given by Kasab(26/11 terrorist) was always doubted by the police.
Link - My veera(brave) brother is known for his veracity in our city...
Link 2- Veracity...sincerity;
Link 3- Vera(veer=courage)—It takes a lot of courage to exhibit veracity;veracity sounds like audacity(courage)
Verbatim - word for word, repeating the actual words exactly
Usage - He repeated her remarks verbatim
Link -  verbatim = verbat(verbal) + im(important) .... an important talk should be reported word for word .....

Verbiage - too many unnecessary words, superfluity of words as in writing or speech
Link - VERBIAGE IS A GARBAGE OF WORDS. 
Link2 - verbiage--verb+i+age--a person who is using verbs(words)ten times more of his age..

Verdant- green; lush in vegetation
Usage- A verdant pasture is perfect for grazing the sheep.
Link 1- Verdant sounds like vardaan(a blessing); In the olden days the lands were verdant, because people had the vardaan(blessings) of god.
hii guys....follow the blog if you like it and to get all the words in your mail...




1 Comment:

Anonymous said...

awsm man...u roxxx...